Welcome to my collection of random thoughts inspired by my experiences, travels and camera lens.
During my years in Ghana, Wild Gecko was one of my favourite African arts and handcrafts shops. I used to go there at least once a month to buy jewellery for myself and gifts for friends abroad. Last week I was in Accra, my first time back in four years. Visiting Wild Gecko was like stepping …
It’s been a long time since I last blogged. I really need to stop life taking over and putting what I love on the back burner. But here I am again, and today I’m going through the hair products I discovered in 2018 and why I love them so much. I’ve been hearing a …
Confessions of a Chocoholic Hi. I’m Nimi and I’m a chocoholic. It feels good to finally get that off my chest as I’ve been in denial pretty much my whole life. I’ve unsuccessfully attempted to hide my love for chocolate ever since I was a child. So far, the only person I’m fooling is myself. …
As more and more of my friends and family are becoming intrepid explorers, I’m spending more time thinking about great gift ideas for travellers in general, especially when birthdays and holidays arise. I like to think of gifts that are both practical and fun, items that they will enjoy using and ones that are easy …
I recently rekindled an old passion, knitting as a hobby. My nan was a fantastic knitter, and my mother, whilst I don’t think she’s knitted or crocheted for many years, was decent at both. I must have been about 10 when I first tried my hand at knitting. My mother taught me the two basic …
I recently discovered Rituals and promptly fell in love with two scents from the Rituals Bed and Body Mist range. Where have these been all my life? I’ve only had them a few weeks and I wear both A LOT! I can’t even choose which one I prefer. I walked into John Lewis to buy …
I look like a cross between the Oscar statuette and Iron Man, don’t I? This weird covering on my face is a gold face mask, the Gold Bio-Collagen Face Mask, that I picked up from Benetton on Chiswick High Road. When I was still living in Dubai, gold beauty treatments were heavily advertised in the 5-star …
Ahhh spring, probably my favourite season of the year and one that I missed a lot whilst living in the tropics and desert. The sight of flowers beginning to blossom, bare trees taking on a mantle of green as new leaves begin to show – it’s a miraculous sign of the world reawakening once again after …
I learned about Pure Fiji quite recently through Anita, a friend of mine. Her vivid descriptions about this organic beauty range inspired me to invite her onto my blog to write about them. I thought I might have to twist her arm a little (a bit hard as Anita’s in Australia), but she’s a great …
I’ve been back in the UK for 12 months now and it’s only been during the last two weeks that I’ve finally dragged myself through my favourite London markets. The trip with my cousin AMP happened on two consecutive days – Saturday and Sunday and on both occasions we made a day of it. My …